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- The present invention relates generally to internet searching, and more particularly to a method of modifying the price paid by an advertiser in a search result list based upon a location of a user.
- Since its inception, the Internet has provided a useful tool for searching for information, products or services. The Internet has also provided a means for enabling the purchase of goods and services, and providing advertisements to a vast population of Internet users. As the access to and the use of the Internet has continued to increase, new uses for the Internet have continued to evolve. One form of advertising has been to allow vendors to bid for a particular position in a search result. That is, an advertiser is ranked according to the cost per click (“CPC”) for each search term. The CPC is the amount the advertiser will pay if a user “clicks through” on the listing. Vendors will be positioned in a search result depending upon their various bids, and will pay the amount of their respective bids in response to a click through by a user. A click through on a listing redirects a user's web browser to the uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the search listing.
- However, conventional search tools do not take the location of a user into account in providing search results. More importantly, existing methods and systems for managing the participation in a paid auction do not take into account the location of a user, the geographic distance between the user and an advertiser, and/or the advertiser's physical location. Because certain goods, such as perishable goods or professional services, are important for a local search where the advertiser is interested in attracting the user to visit the physical location of the advertiser rather than just the advertiser's website, the location of the user, the location of the advertiser, and/or the distance between them can be a significant factor in the sale of certain goods. That is, the closer the user is to the advertiser, the more valuable the advertisement is presumed to be.
- Accordingly, there is a need for a method affecting the price paid by an advertiser in a search result list based upon the location of a user.
- The method of the present invention is an improvement on existing internet searches, and particularly paid searching systems. According to the method of the present invention, internet search results are altered based upon the location of the user. An advertiser's rank in a search result or the amount paid by an advertiser for a click through is affected by the location of the user. A “click through” of a search result item occurs when the user viewing the search result selects, or “clicks” on the hyperlink of a search result item. In order for a click through to be completed, the searcher's click should be recorded at an account management server and redirected to the advertiser's URL via a redirect mechanism. The price that the advertiser will pay in response to the click through is dependent not only on the amount that the advertiser is prepared to pay (e.g. a minimum bid or the bid amount in a paid auction), but also the location of the user. The location of the user could be determined by the geographic position of the user or the geographic distance between the advertiser's physical location(s) and the user's location. The user's location could be defined by latitude and longitude co-ordinates, zip code, full street address, area code, an Internet protocol (IP) address, a landmark code, etc.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network employing the method for generating a search result list according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of web pages accessible to advertisers to enable the method for generating a search result list of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is an example of an advertising entry webpage accessible by advertisers to enable an advertiser to enter information according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an example of a webpage accessible by a user to perform a search according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing proximity bands defining the location of a user relative to an advertiser according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing non-arbitrary regions defining the location of a user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing non-arbitrary regions defining the location of a user and defining a distance between an advertiser and a user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a method of determining rank in an internet search result based upon the distance between an advertiser and a user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a method of determining rank in an internet search result based upon geographic location of a user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a method of determining rank in an internet search result based upon distance and the geographic location of a user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing a method of altering a payment for a click through established in an auction based upon the geographic location of a user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a method of altering a payment for a click through established in an auction based upon the distance between the advertiser and the user according to the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing a method of determining rank and altering payment for a click through established in an auction based upon distance and/or the geographic location of a user according to the present invention.
- Turning first to FIG. 1, a block diagram of a network employing the method for generating a search result list according to the present invention is shown. A
network 102, such as a telecommunications network enabling access to the Internet, is coupled to a number of elements which interact to enable the method of the present invention. In particular, anaccount management server 104 and a searchengine web server 106 enable a user to search the Internet by way of thenetwork 102. The account management server preferably comprises a database having stored therein a plurality of search listing, each search listing being associated with an information provider, at least one keyword, a memory amount, and a computer network location. The operation of theaccount management server 104 and the searchengine web server 106 will be described in more detail reference to remaining figures. Additional information related to the account management server and search engine server, as well as other features ofnetwork 102, can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 6,269,361, issued on Jul. 31, 2002 to Davis et al., the entire patent of which is incorporated by reference. A user can search the Internet by way of the searchengine web server 106 using a communication device, such as thecomputer 108, aportable computer 110, or a mobile device 112, such as a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or some other wireless communication device. Generally, the person conducting an internet search by way of a communication device will be called a user or searcher. - An advertiser's
web server 114 enables access to information of the advertiser by way of a communication device employing a search engine. Avendor site 116, which is also shown, may be accessible by thenetwork 102, and generally has a geographic location which is used according to various aspects of the present invention and will be described in more detail in reference to remaining figures. While thevendor site 116 may be associated with the advertiser'sweb server 114, it should be noted that thevendor site 116 need not have connection to theaccount management server 104, but can benefit from the features of the present invention.Vendor site 116 could be an individual store having no connection to any of the elements of FIG. 1. For example, theaccount management server 104 could host a website for thevendor site 116. Therefore, an advertiser could be any vendor providing goods, services, information, etc. from a physical store or online by way of a communication network search on the Internet. - Turning now to FIG. 2, a block diagram shows various web pages accessible to advertisers enabling the method of the present invention. In particular, an advertiser
main page 202 enables an advertiser (by way of account management server 104) to enter information related to the advertiser. For example, after entering proper login information on the advertisermain page 202, an advertiser can enter location based advertising preferences on apreferences web page 204. Similarly, an advertiser can enter information related to various stores on a storeinformation web page 206. An advertiser can also enter bid information on a bidinformation web page 208. While various exemplary web pages are listed in FIG. 2, it will be understood that other web pages available to an advertiser could be employed to enable a vendor to participate in an Internet based search according to the present invention. - Turning now to FIG. 3, an advertising entry webpage accessible by advertisers enables an advertiser to enter store information according to the present invention. An advertiser can enter information for various stores based on a number of criteria. For example, in addition to the entry of information relating to an address for a particular store, a user can enter a telephone area code, a landmark code (e.g. an airport code), coordinates of the store (e.g. latitude and longitude coordinates), a bid, and an advertising range. The information can be entered in the fields by the advertiser by way of the advertiser's
web server 114 accessing theaccount management server 104, or merely by a vendor providing the information directly to the account management server through an agent of the account management server including automated means for generating advertiser preferences. Such information can be used in connection with a search by user. That is, if information entered by a user in connection with a particular search using a web search engine (such as the web search engine of FIG. 4, for example) corresponds to information provided by the advertiser, the information provided in the search results and or amount paid by the vendor in the event of a click through can be affected, as will be described in reference to the remaining figures. - Turning now to FIG. 4, an example of a webpage accessible by a user to perform a search according to the present invention is shown. In particular, the various fields show in FIG. 4 can be entered by a user by way of one of the communication devices shown in FIG. 1. For example, a user may enter a desire to search a term entered in the “Search the Web” field. A user may also desire to enter certain information relating to the user's location, such as a zip code, area code, landmark code, latitude and longitude, etc. Alternatively, information related to the location of the user could be automatically provided by the communication device. For example, the location of the user can be derived from an IP address as is well known in the art. Alternatively, location information, such as GPS coordinates could be provided by a wireless communication device, or location information could be derived using triangulation techniques in a wireless communication network. Although particular information related to the location of the user is shown in FIG. 3, any other type of information related to location could be employed according to the present invention.
- Turning now to FIG. 5, a diagram shows proximity bands defining the location of a user relative to an advertiser according to the present invention. A particular service area can be divided into a plurality of “price bands” such that a first price band (B1) is defined as a circle (having a radius r1) centered on the geographic location of advertiser A, the second price band (B2) is defined as a ring with an inner radius (r1) and an outer radius (r2), centered on the geographic location of advertiser A, and a third price band (B3) is defined as a ring with an inner radius (r2) and an outer radius (r3), centered on the geographic location of advertiser A. Although three price bands are shown, any number of price bands could be employed according to the present invention. Similarly, the shape of the price bands need not be concentric circles, but could be any arbitrary polygon.
- By defining proximity bands, the relative locations of the advertiser and the user can be used to affect the results of a search. For example, the relative locations could be used to determine the order of research result. Advertisers in closer proximity bands would be positioned higher in an internet search result than those in more distant proximity bands. That is, by knowing that a user is in a certain proximity band, an advertiser would know that a potential buyer is within a certain distance of one of its stores. If the proximity band indicates that the user is a great distance from the store, the advertiser may be less willing to pay a bid amount. Alternatively, the absolute distance d1 could be used to determine position in the internet search result. Further, the price paid by a user for a click through could be altered depending upon the distance and/or the location of a user in a proximity band. Therefore, the actual amount paid by the advertiser could be reduced from the bid amount depending upon the location in a proximity band, or the absolute distance d1. Or likewise, depending upon the product, market or service, the actual amount paid by the advertiser could be increased beyond the bid amount depending upon the location in the proximity band, or the absolute distance d1. Finally, a combination of the order the search results and the price paid, as will be described in more detail in reference to remaining figures could be altered based upon location or distance.
- By way of example, suppose that the service area for an advertiser (A) bidding on the term “dentist” is set at 10 miles. Suppose further, that this service area is divided into 3 “price bands” such that the first price band (B1) is defined as a circle,
radius 1 mile, the second price band (B2) is defined as a ring with an inner radius of 1 mile and an outer radius of 5 miles, and the third price band (B3) is defined as a ring with an inner radius of 5 miles and an outer radius of 10 miles. - A search conducted by a user for the term “dentist” would yield a search result set that contains a listing by advertiser A if the geographic distance between the user and the location of advertiser A is less than or equal to the service area, 10 miles in this example. The “price band” that the user falls into determines the price that the advertiser will pay. If the geographic distance between the user and the advertiser location is within band B1, then the advertiser will pay the full amount that the advertiser was willing to pay (i.e. a bid price or some fixed price). If the geographic distance between the user and the advertiser location is within band B2, then the advertiser will pay some fraction of the bid price as determined by some function ƒ(B2). According to one embodiment, ƒ(B2) would halve the bid price for users falling into price band B2. If the geographic distance between the user and the advertiser location is within band B1, then the advertiser will pay some other fraction of the bid price as determined by some function ƒ(B1). For example, ƒ(B3) would cut the bid price to one quarter for users falling into price band B2.
- According to another embodiment of the present invention, a continuous scale, based on the geographic distance between the advertiser's location and the user, is used to determine the price paid by the advertiser for a “click through”. In this system, some continuous function, ƒ′(d1), where d1 is the geographic distance between the user and the advertiser, is used to determine the price paid by the advertiser for a “click through”.
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- where P is the bid price, d1 is the geographic distance between the user and the advertiser's location and r3 is the service area radius.
- Turning now to FIG. 6, a diagram showing proximity regions comprising non-arbitrary regions according to the present invention is shown. The non-arbitrary regions C1-C5 establish boundaries in which a user could be found. The regions could be established by some pre-established boundaries, such as area code, zip code, etc., or could be established by the advertisers based upon purchasing trends or other demographics. According to the alternate embodiment of FIG. 7, in addition to showing non-arbitrary regions, a distance d2 is also defined according to the present invention. As will be described in more detail in reference to the remaining figures, the relative locations of the advertiser and the user, and distances between them could be used to determine the order of a search result, the price paid by a user for a click through, or a combination of the order the search results and the price paid for a click through. However, it should be understood that factors other than location and distance could be used to determine the order of a search result or the price paid for a click through. Such other factors could include the advertiser's bid, relevance, class, total spending or seniority as well as the relative or absolute historical performance (click-through rate) of the individual listings over time.
- In one embodiment of the present invention, the price paid is determined by whether the user and advertiser are in the same zip code or not. In this embodiment, the advertiser will pay the full bid price if the user is in the same zip code (either 5 digit or 3 digit zip code) and some lesser amount if the user is in an adjoining zip code. The price paid continues to lessen the further (as counted in zip code distances) the user is away from the advertiser's location up to the limits of the service area.
- Turning now to FIG. 8, a flow chart shows a method of determining rank in an Internet search result based upon geographic location according to the present invention. In particular, an advertiser and is able to store information for location based advertising at a
step 802. The information could be, for example, the information shown in FIG. 3. A distance between the advertiser and the searcher is then determined at astep 804. The distance could be determined by an absolute distance, or by a range of distances, such as those defined by the proximity bands of FIG. 5. The rank of the advertiser in a search result is then determined based upon the distance between the advertiser in the user at astep 806. Access to an advertiser's web site is provided in response to inquiry by a searcher at astep 808. - Turning now to FIG. 9, a flow chart shows a method of determining rank in an Internet search result based upon geographic location according to the present invention. An advertiser is able to store information for location based advertising at a
step 902. A region occupied by the user is then determined at astep 904. The regions could be those regions shown for example, in FIG. 5 or 6. Finally, the rank of the advertiser in a search result based upon the location of the user is determined at astep 906. Access is provided to the advertiser's web site in response to a query by a user at astep 908. - Turning now to FIG. 10, a flow chart shows a method of determining rank and payment reduction based upon distance and/or geographic location according to the present invention. In particular, an advertiser is able to store information for location based advertising at a
step 1002. A region occupied by the user is determined at astep 1004. A distance between an advertiser and the user is also determined at astep 1006. Finally, the rank of the advertiser in a search result is determined based upon both the region occupied by the user and the distance between the advertiser and the user at astep 1008. Access is provided to the advertiser's web site in response to inquiry by a user at astep 1010. - Turning now to FIG. 11, a flow chart shows a method of altering a payment established in an auction based upon distance according to the present invention. In particular, an advertiser is able to store information for location based advertising at a
step 1102. It is then determined whether the advertiser is able to bid for a click through event at astep 1104. If so, the advertiser is able to enter a bid for a click through at astep 1106. That is, the advertiser can select an amount for which the advertiser will pay the provider of the account management server in the event that a user clicks through to the advertiser's web page. The rank of various advertisers bidding for click through events are then determined at astep 1108. If the advertiser is not allowed to bid for a click through event, a fixed click through price is set at astep 1110. - A distance between the advertiser and the user is then determined at a
step 1112. Access is then provided to the advertiser's web site in response to a search by astep 1114. Finally, the amount paid by the advertiser for a click through event is then altered based upon the distance between the advertiser and the user at astep 1116. The amount paid by the advertiser can be reduced as the distance between the advertiser and the user increases, as described in reference to FIG. 5. - Turning now to FIG. 12, a flow chart shows a method of altering a payment established in an auction based upon a location of a user according to the present invention. In particular, an advertiser is able to store information for location based advertising at a
step 1202. It is then determined whether the advertiser is able to bid for a click through event at astep 1204. If so, the advertiser is able to enter a bid for a click through at astep 1206. The rank of various advertisers bidding for click through events are then determined at astep 1208. If the advertiser is not allowed to bid for a click through event, a fixed click through price is set at astep 1210. - The location of the user is then determined at a
step 1212. Access is then provided to the advertiser's web site in response to a search by astep 1214. Finally, the amount paid by the advertiser for a click through event is then altered based upon the location of the user at astep 1216. The amount paid by the advertiser can be reduced based upon the location of the user. For example, because certain users in certain locations, such as those locations shown in FIG. 6, may be more or less likely to result in a transaction, it may be beneficial to reduce the amount paid for click throughs by users in areas less likely to result in a transaction. - Turning now to FIG. 13, a flow chart shows a method of determining rank and altering payment established in an auction based upon distance and/or geographic location according to the present invention. In particular, an advertiser is able to store information for location based advertising at a
step 1302. It is then determine whether the advertiser is able to bid for a click through event at astep 1304. If so, the advertiser is able to enter a bid for a click through at astep 1306. If the advertiser is not allowed to bid for a click through event, a fixed click through price is set at astep 1308. The location of the user is then determined at astep 1310. A distance between the advertiser and the user is then determined at astep 1312. The rank of various advertisers bidding for click through events is then determined at astep 1314. Access is then provided to the advertiser's web site in response to a search at astep 1316. Finally, the amount paid by the advertiser for a click through event is then altered based upon the determined location and distance between the advertiser and the user at astep 1318. Although the amount paid by a user is generally described as decreasing, the amount paid by an advertiser could increase as the distance between the advertiser and the user decreases. It is contemplated that the amount of increase would be set in the preferences by the user. For example, an advertiser may desire to pay a ten percent premium if a user within a certain range of the advertiser clicks through. - It can therefore be appreciated that the new and novel method of generating a search result list has been described. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, given the teaching herein, numerous alternatives and equivalents will be seen to exist which incorporate the disclosed invention. As a result, the invention is not to be limited by the foregoing embodiments, but only by the following claims.
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